Gu Jun had disappeared.
On the afternoon of the 21st, GOA's The One had rescued him in the forest north of Eastern State. After that, he told them not to follow him for a while and that he would be back soon. However, no matter how long they waited, they failed to find him. One hour later, they followed his footprints.
The team found the watercolor that Gu Jun was holding next to a mountain stream. The footprints ended there and they did not find his backpack.
There were no clues around them. Wu Shiyu and Deng Ximei could not find any clues.
They immediately called for backup. The team then entered the forest. Using various devices and dogs, they started a carpet search. However, from the 21st to the 28th, the team spent a whole week searching the area. They followed the flow of water but they found nothing.
Gu Jun had probably used some kind of spell to escape but the satellite did not capture anything.
However, if he did not leave through the air, he could have left using some other method.
"Otherwise, how could a grown man disappear just like that?!" Tong Ye was troubled.
The rest of the team was confused. At the time, Gu Jun did not tell them why he was leaving.
"I thought he was going to relieve himself." Lou Xiaoning was confused. "Otherwise, why would he not have anyone follow him?"
"It's because of that mysterious signal." Wu Shiyu shared her thoughts with Tong Ye. Tong Ye knew about the signal. She said, "Initially, he was looking at my painting. Then he said he heard the signal." She did not mention the connection between the split cross, afraid that it might expose Dirty-minded Jun.
Was the signal Gu Jun was hallucinating or did it really happen? Tong Ye and the rest were leaning toward the latter. Gu Jun did not appear to have lost his mind.
But what kind of signal was that? Who did 'we' refer to? Were they the ones who took Gu Jun away?
After another week of searching, Phecda had no choice but to accept the bitter truth. He stopped searching the area on a large scale, leaving only one team to continue the search.
Gu Jun had gone missing. He had wandered into the mountains, and no one knew if he had been tricked, kidnapped, or taken away by someone else.
In this half a month, the shadow of the oak witch did not reappear, nor did anything strange or evil happen. The witch also disappeared.
Did this witch kidnap Gu Jun? This was also a possibility, a very bad possibility.
There were still no new cases of abnormal Tourette syndrome. A large number of children were diagnosed with the disease in the country, but the incidence rate did not exceed 1%, which was within the normal range. However, the 520 children with abnormalities did not recover.
At the time of the battle on the 21st, they did not show any abnormalities, so the figures of the children in the oak forest were all witches in disguise. Up until now, the children still had twitching symptoms, blinking, making faces, and so on, but the frequency was not higher than normal children, and the strange sounds they made became ordinary, not as strange as before.
At the same time, their piano talent greatly decreased. Only 7 children retained their amazing talent, Zhong Huili was one of them.
To make proper arrangements for these children and their families, it was a test of Phecda's ability. For now, they were still quarantined for a longer period of observation and treatment. At the same time, their education was maintained. Just like boarding school, their parents could visit them regularly.
That was because even if their talents had declined, they still had high spirituality. This was indeed a rare talent pool.
If they grew up well, even if there was a need to take precautions against infiltration, they could be used to their full potential. For example, the Ancient Seal members.
Kedou was a special case. She did not act up but she appeared to be the source.
After careful consideration, Phecda arranged for her to return to Shen Hai City with her family. However, she would have to undergo regular S value checks and cleansing procedures.
With the new announcement, the public who had been worried about their children could finally sigh in relief.
According to Phecda, only a few hundred children at Eastern State showed symptoms similar to Tourette Syndrome due to the influence of the unknown cosmic rays. But now, the incident was over. None of the children died and they were all recovering steadily.
Even though there were many conspiracy theories, one thing was certain. The cartoons had resumed broadcasting but those that were too violent still had to be censored.
Even though the death of the 7 medical workers at Nan Xiang City's Third People Hospital was not announced to the public, their families were compensated by the government.
The tragedy had been solved, that was something to be thankful for. However, Gu Jun's disappearance cast a shadow over the hearts of the insiders.
"Could it be that Mr. Gu has gone to Dreamlands?" Peacock suggested another possibility, "There is a channel there and he has gone into it?"
Of course, that was possible. However, Lucky, who was almost beaten up by Wu Shiyu, said with a trembling voice that he could sniff out the location of the channel within a month but he had searched the forest where Gu Jun disappeared and he could not find any trace of Dreamlands.
The oak witch shook even harder, "It has to be someone vicious. I don't know, I don't know, I don't want to get involved with them!"
Lucky was just a small Zoog, he really did not know that much. He was there to establish a strategic partnership with humans so Wu Shiyu did not beat him up.
If he did not go to Dreamlands, could he have gone to some other space? Deng Ximei added that it did not sound like he was related to the foreign world.
No one could figure out what was going on. They did not expect that the hurried farewell in the oak forest was actually a real farewell.
The watercolor was studied by Phecda but nothing was out of place. Now that it had been returned to its rightful owner, Wu Shiyu would be able to find something.
When Gu Jun first received the signal, he and Wu Siyu had already studied this painting. Was this a painting she drew when she was 17 years old? Or was it 16 years old? She could not remember. She thought it was quite good so she put it away.
Perhaps it was not the watercolor but the signal and symbol that Dirty-minded Jun could pick up.
In any case, for the past few days, Wu Shiyu had been staying at Eastern State Medical Department's base. He would stare at the watercolor every day. Signal, signal.
Nothing, nothing.
"It's been half a month, isn't that 'fast' …"
Now Wu Shiyu understood why she had panicked at the time. Would it have been better if she had hugged him like a koala? She did not think Dirty-minded Jun was dead and she did not want to think that way. She had a feeling he was not far away, it felt like he was right beside her.
But now she had something else to attend to. Ever since a few days ago, she had been experiencing a strange synesthesia and then …
That, he did not come.
Her boyfriend was a doctor, but there were many doctors around. Wu Shiyu went to ask Zixuan's girlfriend, Jiang Banxia. So, the test could be done in about 10 days. It had been 3 weeks since the Lantern Festival. She took the pregnancy test and returned to the hostel to do the test.
At that moment, Wu Shiyu sat on the living room sofa. She looked at the pregnancy test in her hands. The lines on the test had all come out.
"Erm … Positive, that means." She touched her stomach. "It's not the feeling of overeating. I'm pregnant."
Once it clicked, Wu Shiyu was stunned. That day, Dirty-minded Jun had taken precautions, so why was that? She took out her phone to check. Ah, it was due to quality and operation issues. The contraceptive rate of the condom was only 85%. Even if the operation was flawless, it was only 98%. It was not even 99%.
Wu Shiyu leaned against the sofa. Her eyes darted around as her mind came to life.
"It's the first time, it's not a waste of energy."
"There was quite a commotion that day. I can't rule out the 15% problem."
"For synesthesia at my level, the chance is one in a hundred thousand. If I'm already pregnant, 2% is nothing."
"Marriage leave is not over yet. Maternity leave first. 3 days of marriage leave and half a year of maternity leave. Fine … "
"Becoming a mother at 21 and getting pregnant out of wedlock. That's fine. It's not a bad thing."
"But the problem is, where is the father?"
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